Folded Word
Exploring the world, one voice at a time.
Category: eco-lit
The Quickening of Salmon & Years
From this island to that isthmus. Here, an egg. There, a fish. As quick as that. Never mind swimming upstream, breaking the surface even momentarily. None of that wild fervor. You will not have cause to travel (the need’s been excised) so loll & fatten,…
Gulf of Finland
Can I use my miles to get more miles? They never expire. Flea market to closet. A calm naked swim in Simhall, then smoke sauna. Have a Lapin Kulta Premium. Find out who’s where. Angie’s singing. She sways and scat sings, the guitar rolls….
Place-Based Ventures
[No. 3 in our Eco-Lit series; concludes with a little writing contest] A few months ago, I attended the Land Institute’s annual Prairie Festival in Salina, Kansas. The festival featured talks on sustainable agricultural practices, spirituality’s place in environmental advocacy, and research on new…
Eco-Lit: Sense of Place
a column exploring the intersection of literature and ecology by Maryka Gillis A few weeks ago, I found myself directed up the last hill leading to a primitive campsite overlooking a canyon. Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is small at just under…
